Pony Doesn't Like To Jump

Texas, the pony I bought to retrain as a pony hunter, really despises jumping. I'm not the kind of person who enjoys beating ponies over fences so Texas will continue his training on the flat and his Pony Good Citizen training and as soon as he sheds his cream-colored fluff he'll be put on the market. I won't be getting a pony hunter price for him because it's jumping that makes ponies valuable. sigh. Hopefully someone will fall in love with this pony face.

I just made "Pony Good Citizen" up, by the way. I was typing and it just came out, but I like it. Ponies must stand to be clipped and bathed and vaccinated and wormed. They must be able to be touched all over. They must load and unload nicely. They must be able to be fetched and tacked up and led into the arena by small children. Ponies should be able to be ridden alone or in groups and not get pissy about either one. Texas is pretty good at these things, although he will drag a child down the aisle if he sees food. Then again, what pony won't?

Today we worked on staying on the rail, going deep into corners and a little bit of bending. I clipped some of the goat-hair off his face and he looks much better than he did. Still soooo hairy though! Ponies in winter are really something.

Speaking of hair, Isabelle is shedding like it's March or something and I can only guess that it's hormones. She's not showing her pregnancy like some of my friends' mares who are due at the same time so I cling to any sign that she still has her foal. I keep being nearly certain that I can feel the foal move but I can't wait for one of those movements that makes the mare's whole belly jump so I can be really sure she still has it. If she does, we only have three months to go!